001ready. I'd like to call the Hazel Park Board of Education Committee of the Hall meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. on this August 18th, 2025. It's on a beautiful night. Can I have a roll call, please? >> Yes. Here. Sorry, I can't hear you. Darren told us to be louder. >> Beggar >> here. icon and >> forress >> presence committee >> yes >> here >> I need a motion to approve the agenda >> I make a motion to approve the agenda as written >> motion by Heidi support by I think Monica first uh any discussion okay roll Yes. >> Yes. >> All right. That brings us to public comment. All these papers. I lost my little statement. So, I'm just going to ask you to please state your name and address. be respectful and appropate.
002Um, this meeting is a meeting of the board of education and public for the purpose of conducting the school district business and is not to be considered a community public meeting. The board has provided two opportunities during the meeting for the public to address the board respectfully. Personal attacks unrelated that disrupt the meeting will uh be asked to stop. Board members will not engage in comments, be sure we are listening carefully. Rules are posted on the wall. If you have any questions about what we how how we do this. Um, and the first person is Kayla McInness. [Music] Kaylin McInness, 1337 East Granite. Donald sent a text to the superintendent on January 24th, 2025. Donald asked for his contract that he signed and for his edu staff info. It was then forwarded to the school
003lawyer and HR. In the text from the superintendent to HR and the school lawyer and coach McGinness, it states quote unquote, "Please see the message above from Don. Please give him the contract for edu staff. Please also give him a time to come in and see his personnel file per policy and copy what he requests. Please send over anything you have as a personnel file. Thank you. Then Don will go on to ask several more times for his contract and EDU staff info via text for months to follow, to which he will have received no response on it. He didn't get anything until he included the board on an email and it was already too late to which we have those text messages if you need them. I would like to know why the wrestling
004position was open when their season doesn't even start until November. Under schedule B page 83, it says quote unquote 60 days before the start of all future seasons, HPEA members interested in a coaching position must notify the AD and association president in writing that they're interested in the position. So why was the position open in April? That's well over 60 days before the start of the season. Why the rush? HR men your ad at the time said he felt rushed to fill the position. Why was it so rushed? Who was rushing him? Why was the position filled instantly? And how did this person get the position over another applicant who had much more experience than him? And I'm not speaking about my husband's resume. You cannot seriously be using MMA as experience in folk style
005wrestling. If you've let these people con you into believing MMA is the same as wrestling, then I truly feel bad for you. You legitimately had an MHSAA official come up and tell you that MA MA doesn't translate to wrestling to your face a couple weeks ago. Let me just say this. Last week at the board meeting, a parent, mind you, that doesn't have a wrestler came up here and said, "Those were my husband's wrestling shoes." and that he put them on the mat to show his quote unquote retirement. They were in fact not his wrestling shoes, nor did he mention retirement. We had several wrestlers that those that had those shoes, and I sent the board pics of the kids who had them on during their matches. Coach John purchased them for the kids that
006didn't have any. A wrestler may have retired their shoes on the mat. My husband did not, so the lies need to stop. My husband's shoes can be seen in pictures of OpenMat if you'd like to look them up. And yes, we did move our children for their safety. They're no longer in the district because because Coach McInness was forced out by retaliating employees. Retaliation is real with your staff. And it's been proven time and time again. And yes, Donald has been offered multiple coaching positions. He wanted to at least be able to choose the person that goes under him to lead his wrestlers to victory to victory. Also, I passed out an envelope to the board. Go ahead and open it. I'd like you to know, do you think this hiring process was a bit
007biased to know? With everything I've submitted to you, you should be able to put two and two together. There is corruption taking place in your schools, it's time to fix it so that you can move on with a mentally healthy administration to lead this district. Thank you. Thank you. Ian Lloyd. >> Hi, greetings Ian Lloyd Park, Michigan 4803. I just, it really hurts me to see you guys in this type of condition. It's like the culture is so weak that we have, you know, HR not knowing when to go on vacation. Um, it's traditionally never in the summertime. That's the bulk of the hiring process. Um it'd be like if for physicians like formerly I was a clinician at home on oh it's co let me go I'm just going to go on two 3
008weeks you know and that's the justification why all the people and errors occur. Or it could be like the pendulum is she's really green. Um very no experience, not no ability to uh possibly lead and and avoid these legal errors, these barriers. Um so I think this is a self-inflicted wound. It should go on the the rating poor rating of an individual in that position. uh if the investigation that I requested panned out that any of the the you know errors did occur you root cause you kind of trace it back up to the top then it negatively it reflects on the performance of let's say the direct supervisor right above that individual that goes right into the category of poor management um poor inability to hire and maintain a standardized process for hiring Um
009I think what it people who don't have that uh like the institutional memory of let's say being here and involved there was a point where we received recommendations that HR from Oakland school should be leased and that was around the time that uh 2010 agreement uh where uh let's say the 2015 agreement that Dr. Misinger signed in. There was purview that they wanted us to cooperate with the Oakland schools HR. We prematurely exited that purview and oversight. And what happened is everything derailed and we had the deficit elimination plan on track like Pontiac. Pontiac paid off $52 million and they did not they did not reach a point where they said, "We got this covered. Oakland schools, we want you out of our hair. And my guess is is that because we had a bond
010that was brought forward that should not have been brought forward. And so the reason why none of the books were accurately maintained was that information's privileged to Meno policy. And then someone would have saw it and they would have saw that the true nature of our deficit and they would have said, "Hey, Pontiac paid off 52. Hazel Park's back in debt, but they want 150 million at an interest rate that's cost prohibitive. You can't do it." We knew it as a a community. Now we have two self-inflicted wounds we're resolving on the HR front. You can't even move forward in any real business. You got people coming up to you wanting to be first in line for a raise. That is the opposite of uh performance in the in the highly qualified category. Not down
011on each one of them individuals. And there's also a disrespect that's occurring. Leaders do not bring forward ideas to the board that they know has fiscal constraints like hiring. Right at this moment there's sabotage occur occurring when there it's tonedeaf in HR. Oh, let's just uh HR and admin. Let's just keep plowing forward with raise requests for admin only and forget we have three unions we have to to give the same to. My recommendation is we need Oakland schools to come in here, fill any gap in HR service and to to give them confidence that we are doing we're on the up and up over here and if you lease it, it's supplemental. You could cut the umbilical cord to it at any time and we might even get people that know what they're doing
012and avoid all these situations. So I have also requested to be on a community team to discuss like the finances and no response that's adequate. I'm going to let you know there's no invitation coming from the school. I may have to begin facilitating the focus groups with the permission of the city and I intend to do that and because right or wrong we need to a steering committee to rightsize this district and figure out what our spending priorities are. [Applause] >> And if Luke Hill didn't get his four-year award, please give him his varsity four-year award. If he didn't, I I need that ironed out too for wrestling. I'm going to take a minute to read this because there's um there's a very fine line between freedom of speech and what's being said um at
013our podium. This is from the open meetings book and it says, "However comments that constitute a personal attack on an employee or board member totally unrelated to his duties is prohibited. complaints. Can a school board adopt a rule that prohibits citizens from publicly con criticizing or making complaints against school employees by name during public comment? No. So, as long as they're not making up something about personal life, um that tells me they can say just about anything. No profanity. Um, no accusations that are personal, but if it has something to do with somebody's job, I read this as you cannot stop pe public comment against an employee or a board member. So, it's very uncomfortable. I've been dealing back and forth with people not liking what's being said. So, I researched it and that's how
014I interpret it. Next is John Pe. [Music] I'm too old for that. Hello. Thank you all for your time. Uh I guess this is it be the last time I'll be here. You know, I'm just wanted to support Coach McInness. Uh again, the decision's been made. Last week it was admitted that the decision was made to move forward. So that's where we're at. So at least there's some acknowledgement. Uh just I mean it was honor working with Don and showing him the paperwork, everything that's involved. He's never coached anywhere, but I've coached a lot of places. And, you know, would go have lunch with the kids, walk in school, have no issues. Uh, go work out during the day when I work nights. No issues. They treat you with respect. And, uh, that's definitely not
015what's happening at Hazel Park, unless you're friends with certain people, but whatever. It's a shame. Uh, 90% of kids who play sports, you can ask them who was the influence in your life and they'll probably say a coach and that's what coaches do. We take these kids under our wings. I understand today's society is a little bit different. It's a shame because I look at like talked to other coaches they coached when I did and it's a lot of one and done and scoot him out the door. And I'm thinking and been talking to him and thinking about it. And Larry Nasser was a doctor. He wasn't a coach. He was a horrific man who did horrific stuff. And if that's what everyone's worried about is coaches like that, we get fingerprinted, we get background
016checked, we get everything. 99% of coach 99.99% of coaches are great people. And if that's the mentality is let's not have contracts, let's not have any records because of liability, then that's wrong. Utterly wrong. So, if Dan Campbell last year took the Lions, won the division, the NFC North, he uh took him to playoffs, won a playoff game, one game away from a Super Bowl, coach of the year. I don't think I read in the paper after the Super Bowl that the Lions fired the coach, Coach Dan Campbell. I've never heard of someone who would win their division, the MAC, get coach of the year, take two kids to state, and then get fired or let go. It's absurd, horrific. And uh I don't know, something's got to change. If you guys want to get
017rid of sports, get rid of sports. Just come out and say it. We're not going to have sports. sort of treat coaches with some respect and dignity. We give up our time for our family. We give up a lot of stuff for these kids because we love the kids. No one ever wrestles from retiring. I mean, no one retires from wrestling. I started in 1974 and I'm still into wrestling. Different stages. Coaching, go back. Ref, go back. People call you up, hey, go, you know, Hazel Park needs to keep doors open, go back. You never give up your wrestling shoes. You may take a break. How many people got angry at work and said, "I'm not coming back." And someone heard that or I'm just had it. I'm done. Until you sign a resignation letter,
018no one's done. And that was never done. Coach McInness got railroaded. A lot of people have gotten railroaded. And uh it's a shame. Really is a shame. Don, I it's an honor. It's time to move forward. They made their decision. I'd call a good attorney, Mike Morris. Have a good day. >> I'm Don McInness, 1337 East Granite. I'm here to bring up some of the stuff that you guys said at the last board meeting. you guys as a board turned around and said that you guys do not follow your procedures, you do not follow your policies and we and it goes all the way down. I heard that from the superintendent that it got messy. This situation's messy. I heard from HR that I did apply and they were on vacation and left stuff open,
019meaning they didn't do their job. I have non-stop was stayed in communication all the way through. I have shown the proof and if any of you guys want the more proof to sit down, I'll be glad to do it to show you guys word from word. This is just what I have on text and emails. This is not what I done in person or when I see them or ask these questions. Um, you guys stated at the last meeting that you guys had to hurry up and hire a coach due to for the camps. I definitely were asking about the camps for months in ahead of time. Uh there there's really no excuse for it other than the push out of the forcing me out. Um and I understand that it was, you know, I
020have conflict with the higherups of the school and it with that click and it really does affect your home life and all that. And yeah, I've never said I've not wanted to quit. This is tough. Being a coach in HP is tough. I coached youth for almost 10 years here now. Junior high for three and a half years, high school in the as a head coach for the last three years, and before assistant coach under Michael Flety for two years. And it's tough here. Like coach John just said, we talked to I talk to wrestling coaches every week. It It's only tough here. Why is it so tough here? I have asked multiple questions and I had multiple meetings with the superintendent asking why is it so tough to be a coach here? Why? I
021I I I don't know how much more I can come up here and just keep saying the same things over and over other than the facts that I have proof of the text, the emails, all the above. And I do want to make one correction that uh was said last week as well. Uh I applied before I found out the coach was the job, which was on uh the uh call on the 13th was to turn in the gear. I didn't find out till the 20th of June 20th, which I have the call log from the superintendent and athletic director back to back when I found out on the 20th. I applied before that. So, I just let you guys know that was an incorrect data to say. Um, and I'm not a big fan
022of how they kept on saying hearsay last week of what I was saying. If you guys want me to say, let's have a meeting. I will sit down with all my facts and we can discuss this all together. So, you can't keep saying he said this, she said that. I will show the proof that day and have what I have. For several months now, you guys in your board meetings have said that you guys do not follow procedures and protocols. the superintendent changed. She I believe they said over 20 changes last week for the hiring process of athletics. That sounds like there's an issue there. And if there's not an issue there, what changes were there? Why was it changed? Why was there that many changes? If it wasn't towards me, why didn't they get
023back to me when I have numerous text messages and emails? If it wasn't towards me, why were the banners took down with my face on it? If it wasn't towards me, then what was it? Thank you. have uh Joseph Hill. >> Joseph Hill. Little while ago, you had uh one of the buddies that I wrestled with in high school, Ian Lloyd, up here. Uh the wrestling community is really a strong community. We developed these uh friendships early on. Um has also helped us in academics. Um we aspire to do well so that we can wrestle and compete. this is something that we love and that we want to do and we only have one go around. So, it's very important that you could keep a coach um especially ones who gives back so much, right?
024And because these kids in trust in them a lot so it's very important. I've had three boys that have wrestled for uh Donald McInness and you know he's he's a tough cracker but you know it instills a lot of fortitude into them. So, I think this will go far um with them. I have uh my all my boys graduated in high school. He's a park, right? I'm not so certain if my youngest is going to because he's always did well in school from elementary. Awesome. Middle school, awesome. Ninth grade, first semester, awesome. Second semester, I took my eye off the ball. Um I didn't check on his grades and they they dived and nobody called me or anything. That's my fault. But I thought, ah, no was good, right? Till I got his report card
025and I almost fell out of my chair. So, um, I don't know how many kids were in the were in the freshman class, but I felt like maybe there can be some due diligence on the staff's part to maybe, you know, they know the history of his uh his grades. Um, it's highly concerning to me, but I definitely will do my due diligence wherever I take him. So because um you know he had a rough go in that second semester. So highly concerned about that. Um wrestling's very important and and so are sports and as a whole, right? Like I said, they got one goaround and these kids, you know, they're much tougher than they were when I wrestled. But um their hearts are in it. And I've seen first year wrestlers really, really, really
026do well. And they really want to do well in school and they will make lifelong friends. So um I highly highly highly hope that you will look at this whole process and um going forward will you really do need to take the kids in consideration because it you know what what are they going to you know look back on and say you know I like my kids had like five coaches right that's that's ridiculous I mean they've wrestled their whole life they've all started at the age of four you know and coach Maki had it we had the pleasure of having my oldest, you know, he got to wrestle for him for the underdogs, you know, early on and the community is just an awesome thing and it and it'll go far. Um, so hopefully
027going forward, um, with academics, you you know, I don't know how many kids were in the freshman class, now in the sophomore class, if they could, you know, kind of touch base and see, hey, you know, what's going on? Um, I've seen that you've not turned such there. I don't understand the whole grading process. I'm still learning on that. That was that was a kick in the pants cuz they kept telling me my boy kept telling me they they haven't graded it yet. I don't know what that means. Have you turned it in? Yes, but they haven't graded it yet. So, I don't know what that means. So, you know, the the breakdown of communication was definitely, you know, a tough thing for me to grasp. Um, so I'm hoping that that's something that you
028can really uh do your due diligence and uh, you know, communication with with parents, maybe even, you know, calling a special meeting, whatever it is. You know, they need to uh, there's another one of the cats that I wrestle with since he's our, you know, we were the Greywolves. So that's another one that's back in the 80s. So that's it. Do better. >> Go Vikings. Thank you. So, we just had one person um come in, which is Gary Harrison. State your name and address. >> Um however, >> um yeah, I just wanted to make your comment. Um people can't just keep coming in. So, when we reach 30 minutes, which is after your five minutes, people will have to wait until the end. Uh cuz people could just keep coming in, coming in. That's not
029against you, Gary. So, um, go ahead cuz you're in the time frame. >> Okay. You got several of you know me. Uh, I'm here because all this nonsense and through city, you know, I have great friends that are top of the top of the charts when it comes to wrestling and um, best friend Catholic Central. you know, stuff gets brought to me in in the middle of conversations, closest friends, and I'm like, it's a mess here. And I'm here to, you know, let you guys know that you got Donald McGinness and Patrick Wright fighting over with each other. They they're fighting over over a job that this guy should have got a call, at least a call saying, "You didn't apply, Donald. Apply." I don't, you know, that's where the, you know, that's where loyalty
030stands for me. I I'm just like when I talked to Donald about it and I seen all these Texas and Jim Patterson, you know, I don't know. So, there's some somebody not doing their job here because these two should not be at it because, you know, you see through Facebook, so and so said this, so and so said this. What kind of look is that for Hazel Park? It's not a good look. This is about the kids and for kids to come here and give their what you know Donald you know I know growing up I had Mr. moral and he used to call me in his office and say, "Gary, you ready? We need you. You know, you ready?" Always I'll never forget that guy in in a million years. He he did so
031much for me and just mentored me even till the day he died. You know, just call go to his house in Birmingham and you know what, you know, putting his wife in a uh a home and just just the connection I had with him. And that's the kind of connection you have when you coach and they took this guy off the job. Not even a phone call. Where's the phone call? Jim Patterson, you're the AG. Why isn't there a phone call saying Donald you didn't uh you didn't apply Donald this or or you know someone didn't do their job and it it doesn't look good and outside of Hazel Park other coaches other big time coaches other athletic directors that I've talked to. It doesn't look good. Another thing is I said I would take
032over the youth wrestling and without a youth program, you ain't going to have a uh junior high program or a varsity program. When I coached the started uh the Hazel Park wrestling program like seven, eight years ago when uh Mr. David stopped, I had several PE kids that were all state wrestlers that went to other schools because they didn't want to go to Hazel Park. Well, my son's coming back. He's seven years old. I'm coaching him. I said, I called Charlie, the AD, and said, "Charlie, I'm willing to take it over. Let's make it happen." Okay, let's let's do it, Gary. I need a place to practice. Is there a place to practice for Hazel Park to wrestle? I don't want to be practic. Last time I came, there was a school fire and they
033put a a half a half a mat in Webster for 35 kids. You know, it Greg Richardson, you know, went out of his way to bring it and I did call make a call to Amy. We made it happen that night, but that's not acceptable for It wasn't acceptable to make 35 kids wrestle on a half a m. I am willing to put my time and effort to make sure we have a wrestling program. And if you guys want this to happen, if you guys want I'm not charging. I'm not I'm doing it because I want to do it. And we got good people that are willing to help. I I'm not here for problems. I'm not here for drama. I'm not here for BS. You know, I stopped coaching the wrestling program because Ford
034Motor Company made me go to afternoons. I, you know, I have to provide for my family. I'm on midnights now. If you guys want to make this happen, we can make this happen. If you don't, then we'll go from there. A couple other things that you know, Amy, I talked to you and I have no problem with. I don't want drama. I don't want and I told you flat out, I don't want Let's just do our job. And it's about the kids. And what happened here with the head coach uh this kid took Hazel Park to two uh state uh tournaments. That hasn't happened in a long time. I'm just saying there should have been a phone call. And you got him and Patrick Wright fighting over each a job. It's not they're fighting. They're
035fighting over the kids. They're not fighting over This could have been stopped. I'm just saying there's a there's a mixup somewhere that caused two guys. They're passionate about the job. >> Time's up. >> Your time's up. >> Okay. I just want you know, and I don't want no hard feelings. I appreciate you all and I hope we can uh if you guys want to start this program, we'll do it. >> Thank you. >> Okay. So, our first order of new business is personnel the invest certified staff increase. So, is that a little tax? >> I'm I'm uh passing that to Mrs. Kales. >> Uh yes. So we have in front of you on the memo are the four certified staff members uh that uh invest employees. Um as you know we uh pay them a
036percentage of their foundation allowance. So these salaries are taken from that percentage. Um, as a note, the last person, he is being caught up to be um like the bottom step for the certified personnel for HPA, which is traditionally what we've done starting out um employees with invest. >> Anybody have questions? >> I just want to make um a couple more statements. I know there's been some questions about how does this work? Well, Invest is our school. They are our staff and we uh way before me, I call that BFA. Uh we made arrangements. We made arrangements uh for them to be our vendor. So how that works is is those are our kids. They graduate with high school diplomas. We hire and it's kind of changed over time uh different employees for them. These
037are the teachers that are now getting teacher salary. when Invest started having the difficulties that we all are having by finding enough teachers, they kind of changed the way that they were paying teachers to more mirror ours. And so these are the employees they do that with. Um and then they hire their own bus drivers and and the pair of professionals, but we also flow funds through them through the EL grants to make sure that we can um help offset that with the dollars that they bring in because they have more significant English language learners. So um these are our kids, our schools. Some of them are employed by us. Some of them are employed through that third party vendor. I hope that is um more specific for you. It's good for me. Okay. Next
038lunch key increase. Uh these are uh this is an increase for the people who are in charge of latch key at the different locations. Um some of the responsibilities include handling all the paperwork and collecting payments. Um they're the person in charge when a parent has an issue. Uh this is a simple 3% increase. They are a non-union um employee in that particular position when they're the latch key lead. >> Can you say that again? >> The latch key leads at the locations are a non-union position in that capacity as the latch key lead. um the pair of professionals that work with them are are in the pair professional group. So they are airing the contract and received the increase that was already written in their contract. Um in this particular position, these four individuals
039are um considered part of the unaffiliated or non-union. >> Okay. So they sort of take on a different role before and after school. Okay. Sorry, I I heard that differently and it confused me, but now I >> They're often the first to be there and the first to leave. Um they work directly with Mr. Trinsky or at the um Webster with um Heather on needs for their classrooms. >> Okay. >> And I remember you do pay someone to be in charge of latch key um and you have a position such as that. But I also remember there was questions about the uh child care fund. So our child care fund has done well for many years. It is only recently that we started to eat into that a little bit. um which then remember we
040spoke with you guys about keeping the amount the same in order to do that and that we'll have to pay attention to that future years. These three salaries of a 3% rate are not going to be eating into that fund balance in that matter. Um it's just a matter of how many kids do you have and um that also determines how many last key pairs that we have in that program as well. So it probably in the next year or two we'll have to look and see how far we're comfortable with that balance. But one of the wonderful things is is that we've been able to provide latch key to our staff for free, but also at a low cost to our community. >> How many hours a week do these people normally work? Around
04120 in this capacity 20 hours. Mhm. >> Could you talk into the mic, please? >> Cuz I can't apparently hear you. >> Oh, I said how many hours do they work in a week? Around 20 hours. >> Anybody else? Okay. Uh, high school media technician. >> So, we did have our media parah retire at the high school this year. Uh, we are looking to reinstate what was what's called the media um technician at the high schools person to be stationed in the media center. Um, helping with the students checking in and out of Chromebooks. Um, you know, chargers, things like that. helping with managing any of the technology at the at the high school and then you know answering tickets and things like that um throughout the day to assist with the staff as well.
042[Music] We waited uh at one point we had one of the media technicians and Barb in there and then we removed it out of there to serve other schools and so now uh we were requesting to put it there. We probably will also look at maybe putting one of the already hired media techs in at the junior high as requested um and go back to that old format now that it'll be equitable between those schools. And we'll just take one of our current media people and put them at the junior high. See who might want to do that. >> I have a question. Why requires it to be 12 months? What would they do in the summer? >> Oh boy. In the summertime, um you are uh getting staff members devices. You are uh updating
043them. And then when you don't update them, they can't print like the junior high today. And um they are also cleaning devices. They're making sure any broken ones are turned back in. They are uh looking at the classroom projectors. And it is a full summer job. >> All the Chromebooks that have to go in and out. >> I I do have a question. Um will the media technician also be cataloging books and checking in and out books? Our students don't really check in and out books unfortunately, but yes, that would be made available if so, but she would he or she whoever would be hired would not be watching kids. Um I think we've made that really clear that their job if you know if a teacher um someone else would need to be watching
044the kids. Their job is not to sit and watch kids. Their job is to effectively um help make sure the technology gets fixed in that building in a timely manner. because I think some of the um the >> media paragraph >> I can't think of the word uh curriculum includes having to check out a book or two if I remember right is that still the case where one of their segments they have to check out a book and and do a report on it or whatever I know when Amy Macintosh was there and I was there she would always have to bring her classes down. I don't know if that's still a thing or not. So since we transitioned to American Reading Company, our core, one of the components of that is that all classrooms
045have core um they have what they call core and non-core novels that go with the units, plus they have additional wide reading libraries at all different levels in every classroom. So the the they are still doing some of those same types of things as it relates to the content area they're reading and they are writing but they do not necessarily need to go to the media center because we have all those resources in the classroom. >> Okay, that's great information. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Anybody else? No. Okay. Uh we have the executive director for the park coalition community coalition. >> Yes. So, um, as you can see, one of the things that we did upon hiring the coalition director is that individual because they're actually hired as it relates to the board of
046HPCC, while that grant is a flow through that organization has its own board. And so through that hiring process, one of the things that we identified for that individual in their hiring letter was that if they met the outline goals, they would be eligible for a 10% performance bonus. And so what you see represented on that uh memo is that we um gave a $2,500 amount in December based on the significant movement toward those goals. And then following the performance review, we noted that um Ms. Williams also uh completed all of the end of the year goals. So based on the hiring letter and based on the fact that that is fully funded by a grant. So that is not coming out of the general fund. This would be fully out of the DFC grant
047that we are asking that we can move forward with the rest of that promised performance bay as related to the goals that she met. >> Anybody questions? No. >> Okay. Thank you. special ed. They're a professional for preschool. Okay. So, you might not. Oh, thank you. Welcome. This is for an additional pair professional um at Webster Early Childhood Center. We last year had four classrooms of braided preschool. This year we are looking towards two to three classrooms of grade preschool and two GSRP classes that will have students with special needs. So we need to add an additional special education pair professional to support those students in the classroom. These are students who have this support written into their IEP. Uh so this is a certainly a service and a support that that we need to
048give our students and one that will make them successful and have everything that they need um to learn during the day. >> So it's paid from the general fund. This uh special education funds are used because it's preschool. Well, um, special education, uh, is within the general fund and then within the general fund, you get reimbursement based upon the year before's expenditures. So, yes and no. It's yes, it's uh reimbursed for special education because it's for a special education purpose as opposed to just a para. Um, but it's really based upon revenues and what percentage the state is reimbursing on a year-to-year basis. I hope that makes sense. Anybody else? Uh, >> the state reimbures the special ed funds. Is that what you're saying? >> Yes, the state does a reimbursement for uh special education
049funds on a yearly basis. We'll wait and see how what they do this year. >> Okay. So, we're up to policy. Um, I met Dr. Wilcox and Darren. I've spoke with Mr. Sutton. Um, he's going to pick dates because it needs to go around his schedule. Um, he also would not he he really doesn't want to work with seven people, but it's our decision. Seven at one time creates a lot of discussion. If we do three, we do have uh two opportunities at this table to add to it or change whatever we would like to change. Um so it's on the last of the meeting to select different committees because there's negotiation committee and a discipline committee and we'll have policy committee. So um I know uh Monica and April are interested. I don't know
050if you want seven days or if you want to I mean seven people or if you want to do groups of three. When he did his presentation he said takes about 5 months. He's done it in three, but he really doesn't like to rush like that. Um, so we can >> And it would be Mrs. Kales and I from the administration that would join in on on the policy work. >> So, would you want to do it? I >> I do because I'm the one who's really pushed for the policies. I'm the one who's been initiating it for the last 18 months. >> We're going to discuss that. That looks like an agenda. Yeah, we're going to move those. >> Yeah. Yeah, we'll we'll come back to it there. Um I have buildings and grounds
051next. >> Yes. >> Webster water man. >> Webster mo water man. Yes. So um we gave approval to do some concrete correction and in doing so Mr. Richardson recalled the fact that the water man underneath has been repaired several times. And so uh years ago they said you know the next time you you know uh go pull that concrete up you need to go down and replace that instead of patching it. So it is our suggestion that we go on and we repair the water man instead of uh patching it. Um and then we put the concrete down so that we don't end up having a water man break and have to pull the concrete back up again. So that that is our recommendation. These dollars would be coming out of the sinking fund. There
052was also a request to know how much dollars are in the seating fund. Um I thought we had done that with the different times that it came in and so we will do that again where it shows how much is in the scing fund and when we expect additional dollars and then we will uh start putting the items that we've put in the scing fund so that we can have a maybe a quarterly update of how much how many dollars are in there as we're making some suggestions on work that we do. >> Sounds good to me. I think we did get the singing of balance uh a couple meetings ago. >> I thought so, but I I >> Okay, that sounds good. >> We'll do it again. >> Um any questions? Anybody? Entryway carpets.
053What's next? Um so, if you remember when we did the hall after we had the water uh damaged, we put at the athletic entrance that black mat, which has proven to be very helpful. And one, all the kids have to walk on it. Um it's there all the time. it stops some of the salt going out and it's been very helpful. So, one of the things that um Mr. Richardson thought is that at the entrance way, you know, where all that tile is and some of the tile is broken up as well when you first walk in at the front, a very large one, that we would replace that uh with putting not replace that, we would put the carpet over that. It would stop some of the messiness coming into the hall and also
054we need to repair that. So we wouldn't repair it. Then we'd put the carpet over. And then we would also have carpet in the additional main entrance way. So it would be at the high school entry door. That's the big piece. The um in the back there's two other entrance doors and then also and entrance door 20. It was requested that I get pictures and so I will get pictures but unfortunately I didn't get them today. I'll get them to you before the weekend. >> Is it a tripping hazard at all? >> No, not at all. As a matter of fact, it's probably nicer than the other carpets. We would then remove those doors from the carpet uh monthly rental that comes in and cleans it. And so that would be permanent and it's much
055easier to clean. I'll send a picture what it looks like and then what doors we're talking about. >> Okay. Finance, the CRG renewal. Yes. So, um, last year we did the maps, uh, through the school, but it is an a general upkeep that you have to continue to pay for that to get you can't quit and then come back again. So, uh, as a matter of fact, I have to tell you that today in our safety meeting with both Ferndale and Hazel Park, they commended us on the fact that our maps were so well done. Um, but it allows us to make any updates that we need to. And so it's a general um yearly amount that that we need to pay in order to have access properly into those. >> Um I just have
056a comment at at the at Lancing this past weekend that these maps are mandatory. They're you have to have maps in >> Yes. >> by law. I didn't know that. >> And our maps were old in many that was part of our safety assessment that was done. And so this was that step from the safety assessment that the mats or that sorry that the um the maps not the mats the maps um needed to be updated and so this keeps us we can change classrooms or anything else that we do. So uh it took us a while to update that. Darren can kind of tell you that he used to do them himself. >> It was brutal. >> New technology is good. >> Does it say how many maps? >> You're welcome. >> There's one
057in each class. There's one in each building and then you have to have them in the classrooms as well. >> Mhm. >> $5,350 >> on a yearly basis. >> That's for the whole school. So I had to do the high school and it took me like two weeks to do the fire ones and then a sign for the tornado ones. And Mr. Mermis actually laminated them somehow with some his queen or something. I don't know what he did, but yeah, it was a it was a process. Okay, I think the next one's as a must must have too. M I don't know how to say it. Munetics mutric. >> So, MUNTtrics is our transparency reporting. It is required um to have transparency reporting reporting recording both. And so when you click on that, it has
058a variety of mandated things that we have uh there. Um there used to be two different um companies and they somehow became one and this one has a majority. There also used to be funding that would pay for this for us. Um and I have not seen it for the last couple years. So um that grant was taken away and pushed in other dollars we have received. >> Questions? Anybody? >> The only thing that I request is if we could get a list of the renewals that we have. We approved quite a few of them last the last few months. >> And if we could just get a list of those so we know what we have and can expect in the future. I guess >> that is a great use of that three-year plan
059to have those items right in there. >> Yes, it is. >> November 1st if that works for you. >> Works for me. All right. um bus cameras. >> Uh so we have a new bus and in that new bus um come cameras and also the ability for parents to track and for also for us to be able to see those buses in real time. You approved these in the past. What we didn't approve, however, was a spare attendant and co-pilot uh camera unit, which that camera unit when one goes down has to be sent back in. And so we're adding that in. when I met with Gina Brew. Um, so this is what it costs to put them in there, get them going. But it is fantastic. Anybody that has a child riding on a
060regular route can just put it in there, know when to have their child out there, see when their child gets off the bus. And it also gives us the ability to not um pull recorders. You can go in just like our cameras and see what has happened inside those buses by the film. >> Is this for all our buses or just the one? >> Just the one. The other buses have it. Are the parents since this is it says live video, can the parents see their kids on the bus? >> No, the parents cannot see their children on the bus. That would probably violate Furpa seeing the other children. But what they can do is see the bus and where it's going. And Gina said that she shares a pamphlet with the parents so that
061they are aware of it. >> So the annual subscription that would be renewed every year. >> It would be. >> Yeah. Because it says >> 828 for each bus. for each bus. >> for each bus. So you already pay this for the other buses. This is for this bus. The annual subscription would be 8.28. >> How many buses? >> We have eight. >> Eight buses. So we pay eight around 8,000. Right. >> All right. Uh the next thing is the Hazel Park Youth Assistance uh support annual support. So, this uh is an assistance that we are requested for every year. Uh it's moved to 3,000 from 1500. I think we bumped ours up last year. It somehow made it all the way through the payrolls without coming to you for approval. So, I pulled it
062back out again and said you need to approve it and the amount to go to youth assistance. >> All right. Perfect. Um budget updates for August. the long- aaited update. Um, there was not anything in the board packet, so I handed out um a sheet for you to look at along, and I think Brad's pulling that up on the screen. uh what we'll go through. Oh, please. Uh is really we have not closed out or finalized everything for the 24 25 school year, but in preparing for the audit, we were able to identify where there's some um where we have some pickups or maybe took a hit on a line item. So these are kind of where we're seeing some variances to better project where we will end the 25 26 2425 school year. Originally
063we budgeted to have a deficit fund balance of 333,000. With the changes that we're seeing, uh we believe that fringe benefits were overbudgeted. we might be using a little bit high of a percentage rate. Um, and also I I think there's a little bit of duplication with grants and general funds. So, we're looking at a few of the processes so that we can tighten that up a little bit, but right now we're about 866,000 favorable in fringe benefits. We were unfavorable with our SRO's and um Crystal and I had asked Matt, you know, did you specifically put this in the budget? And I think that part of his budgeting process um not doing the line item budget, but you know, rolling some things in different it was not included in the budget is what we
064ultimately uh determined. So, we did take a hit for that. Um, we know that that is an existing and an ongoing expense. So, we will be sure to include that in future budgets. Um, we have not yet recorded, but we will have uh a retirement sick pay sick day payout uh that will be hitting. We have um good guy received Medicaid receipts and I think that's really where um Dr. Papazium Broadwell's area does a lot of the Medicaid billing and we've received 100,000 greater than what we budgeted that that was an exciting find. uh our reimbursement grant from Treasury. They approved us for $150,000 and that was for expenses that we've already incurred. So, it really truly is reimbursing us back. Um we had some exceptionally high audit fees and that was one of the
065the things that they were covering with the reimbursement. Um, we received uh prior year money. Um, um, Miss Grassley has really worked to get our Mcken McKenna Vento funds from other districts that were owed and um, just from Detroit, she brought in about $100,000 of prior year funds this year. um our center program, we assess an indirect cost to cover, you know, our overhead um costs that the the program would incur. The expenditure budget was overstated for the center program and so that means what we the percentage of what we would collect on that for overhead was overstated. So in general fund will receive 358,000 less than what was budgeted just based on their actual expenses. Uh there was and this looks like this has been in the budget for a little while but um
066assumed to transfer $80,000 of fund balance from food service to the general fund and that won't be occurring. There's not extra funds in food service. We were favorable on the instructional services for so our substitute teachers, our edge of staff. Um so we had a pickup there and other purchase services were favorable to budget. Some supplies were favorable to budget and a lot of this really is probably grant spending or you know grant budgets. We don't have really large school budgets. our capital purchases excluding the uh electric buses um those were favorable to budget and we were favorable with our tuition payments. So the line items that we've detailed total 1.9 million. So we as of right now we have a a revised projected fund balance for the 2425 school year of 1.57 million. with
067some of the changes or things that we were made aware of in trying to close out the 2425 school year. The some of the items that we've listed um that we just went through and some of our assumptions and that we we think we really will be about break even. We've already put in a lot of efficiencies uh into the budget and we met with the board with you for that. So, we think we'll be about break even. So, we are projecting that we would be at a $1.5 million fund balance uh at the end of the next year. Just below that number, you'll see um that there are some notes that go with that because there are still so many unknowns. That's really just based on what we do currently know. uh the state
068still has not finalized their budget and um I see a lot of analysts serve that's really really creating a hardship for all of the districts. Um, one thing, this doesn't really affect our general fund, but I think that it is something that we do know and is really important to point out is that our students will continue to receive free breakfast and lunch in the district. Um, so that's really a great thing and that's I think that means we really we won't need to supplement the food service fund with general fund dollars. >> Oh my They did say this weekend that that's very possible that will go away. So it could be up into air still. >> No community eligibility >> because we're C eligible and not um the part that got all those funds
069that went to all school districts. So they got breakfast, lunch, and we also do dinner. So due to our poverty rate in Hazel Park, we received for the last 10 years C and that is still funded. However, I think you're right, M. There's new information coming out all the time changes. Um Um and then another thing I think we were able to do that will really help us in the 2526 year, we received a half a million dollars from the Balmer grant. And this year, the main focus was hiring promise navigators and to work through that. And because we didn't get them hired at the very beginning of the year and so we didn't have the full staff, we have funds that we received um that we haven't spent. So we were able to carry
070that over into the next year and that will help cover the cost of our afterchool programming, our um homework assistance, uh tutoring and and the various programs. Um, so that's another piece that will help us I think to be at a break even point for 2526. Anyone have questions? Questions? All right. Thank you. financial report July is that the uh present the financial >> so there were two um financial reports uh last month's wasn't approved and so I want to make sure we brought that forth and uh Crystal and um can talk about that so we can make sure that we answer whatever questions the board has and then also this month so we can answer any questions there July it says financial report July financial report August. >> Yes. So July is June and
071August is July. >> So that bill run isn't >> that the bill run is July is for what we normally would do. >> Questions. >> Yeah. But >> July July was it was just a concern as far as um a date um on part of the financials and the the credit card payment and the EFT sheet. That's what July was um for June's information. >> So I did email. Sorry for interrupting. Are you fine? Okay. I did email a whole bunch. Not a whole bunch. I was pretty limited this time. I had maybe 10. Um, and so did you email the answers or >> I would Would you like me to speak to him a little bit for the group? Do you want >> um There you go. They came like as we were walking
072in. So, >> well, it was a little earlier than when you were walking in, but >> I walked in early. >> Um, >> I got out of work early. So there was a question about um the budget to actual page and uh one of the things we said is that our budget for the 2526 school year was rolled but then we made adjustments based upon what we knew and that was some of the work that we did when I first came in and that they had also done ahead of time. So everything won't be the same. We made adjustments that we knew. Then uh the question was about CNG newspapers at 18,000 and so we do that for open enrollment and back to school advertising that is done. Sometimes that payments are backed up for
073when they turn it in. But that's all of your um enrollment pieces that you see that are out there. I'm going to let you explain chart wells because uh Crystal. Okay. The question was how did Chartwells um pretty much work? So we paid on a monthly basis. I think you had asked if we pay the money yearly. So, it is the monthly basis that we receive um invoice for. And basically, it just breaks down their labor cost, the cost of the invoice that they um receive from their vendors. Um we also do get rebates um as in well they receive the rebates, sorry, and then we get the full refund of that. So what that means is that if they get a discount or the best that was explained to me is like sometimes when
074you get a manufacturer's coupon, right? So instead of them keeping a portion of it, we actually get rebated the full amount back. So when you see those um Chartwell invoices, you'll see where we have a portion of that um deducted from the net cost that we paid. So I guess I was sorry a little confused because it has like it broken down their staff and they it was individualized. So I'm like so then I was confused or we're paying actual expenses based on what their expenses are. >> Yeah. And everything's funneled through the U food service fund. >> Okay. So it's not like we a set amount that we necessarily pay them. Everybody >> No, it's not a set amount. And same thing with the fee that you had asked about. It's not um and
075I can get more information on that as far as the percentage and how that fee breaks down because it is different um per month. It's not a fixed rate >> and and it's part of the contract that we agreed to and we could certainly make sure we have those contracts somewhere so you can look at >> I think I have them. I just didn't have time to go back and look for it. But this is the first time I had seen it or maybe paid attention to it broken down like that. So that was I was like, "Wait a minute. What is all this?" >> So it's a lot. Well, I think it's good to ask those questions because I think you're going to see things broken down a lot differently now as they're working
076through some of the funding mechanisms. We asked about $90 for graduate school. We do have a grow your own grant that we do pay for schools with that as well. Um, and so, you know, they turn in their receipts and and we pay for items. Um, >> do we pay for graduate school or just undergraduate school? >> Grow your own pace for grad school. >> Yeah, your own pace. I mean, I understand that was the wrong one. It was grad school. But you you have to commit to the school district for three years then to for those positions. Um also the bill run translator services. I'm going to dig a little deeper into this but this appears to be the specialed portion that they're using. It is not what was approved um for the other
077service. This is a different translator services than the pilot that we had which was a 247 call-in one. >> Okay. Cuz it was kind of hot. That's all. >> Yes. But we are obligated. We have a lot of parents that don't speak English and we need to give support to and um in special education when they're coming to meetings, we need to be able to have a translator service for them to actively participate in those meetings and that would become part of the special ed cost that you did. Um just to note uh in the the names in payroll are not they uh you have to live list the description as payroll. This is a vendor's name which they must >> Okay. It was just I I just didn't want to >> the Amazon bills.
078We haven't removed anyone's access. We're in the process of uh doing that. Um secretaries right now are not ordering through that process. They're sending Jamie and I their requests and we're going to be developing um a selection of things that we purchase. And so um right now that's not uh quite adjusted all the way yet. And then under Greg Richardson Home Depot, this is the paint sp uh sprayer that we purchased to do the parking lot um that we had to return cuz I didn't know what we needed and he's looking for another one. Okay, >> I just have two questions. Hop, skip, and jump for 15,372. Is that for summer school or is that just a rollover from the end of the school year? >> Uh it could be. Yes. I don't know. to
079>> I'd have to go back. >> It could be both. >> Typically I think >> do we use it for summer school is I guess >> yeah students um to access if any of our students McKini Vento students were traveling here then yes we would have to. >> And then my other uh last question is D pool cleaning cleaning services for $5,560. I'm just >> lime fellow. >> Perfect. So that's covered by the grant. >> That's covered by the grant. [Music] And I just had one. Um, I see we paid over $6,500. Are we still getting bills from them? And what are they for? >> I'm not sure if that was the last bill that we received. Um, >> the last bill we received was less than that was 960 something. Um, we do we
080did have a couple bills that came in and then we we certainly can provide to the board if you'd wish to see them. And then I think there's Alan Log that came in as well which >> yes >> uh President Hinton I think that should be the end of Alan Lre at this point. There were three bills. >> Good. Good. >> I hope >> would the board like copy of those bills >> and it need to be more timely. >> Yes. That often happens in in uh attorney firms. So we will provide um this weekend Allen and the true law bills that came. >> What about Clark Hill? If we're going to do legal and mass we'll do all legal. Sure, we can do Clark Hill. >> Okay, thank you. Yep. >> Anything else? Anyone?
081>> All right, we're up to other parent advisory committee. Uh, Dr. Pazy and Bra. >> Yes. I'm very excited that we have two parents that have offered their time to join the parent advisory committee. This is a committee that will work directly with Oakland schools on behalf of Hazel Park schools as the these two um parents have uh offered their time to be our liaons to go to those meetings. Uh you'll see on the board memo there that they will participate in the development and review of the Oakland schools plan. They'll give input on matters regarding improvement of special ed services, attend and participate in meetings, disseminate information and share ideas with Oakland schools, and provide Hazel Park families with opportunities to be informed of the special education processes. They will mentor members and encourage
082collaboration and effective partnerships. So, we're really excited to participate in this um with the goal being that we'll have our own pack committee here in Hazel Park that our parents will join and um do these same types of activities. So, I don't believe either of them are here tonight, Miss Orin or Miss Han, but thank you to them. It would be my recommendation that they are representatives toward schools. >> Did Daniel Orin do it before? She did. She did. >> It's been a while. So, >> yeah. >> Oh, nice. So, she'll do it again. >> I'm very excited. Both of them are very excited to participate. >> Any questions? Anyone? No. >> All right. Uh, E2 subject new course approvals. >> I didn't say Dr. Can't get it straight. Go ahead. >> That's okay. Uh
083so uh as you know last year we transitioned to a new online course provider and that was subject.com. One of the things that they've really tried to do is continue to expand their course offerings and especially continue to stay relevant with it. So, we certainly have an opportunity through some of these additional courses, not only to cover the basics, but we also have some additional AP courses like APR history and AP music history, which we do not currently have, as well as courses um such as cryptocurrency. So, one of the reasons that we are bringing this forward is that school is starting um and we have some great new courses that our students will have access to. Certainly, this most um especially impacts Michigan Cyber Academy and Viking Virtual, but we also have students at
084our high school that use some of these through the school year. And then in the summer, we have our students using these for both credit recovery and sometimes diploma enhancement. So, we believe offering and um approving these courses and we saw all the summaries of them, not only supports all of our students in meeting the credits they need to, it also gives them an opportunity, I think there's actually one in how to do public speaking, which I thought was very interesting for students as well. Gives them an opportunity to do some things that are expanded um both in our virtual settings as well as in the summer for our high school. So, we are bringing this forward for um hopeful renewal or reapproval next week. I did want to say that there is one course
085that I missed. It's called financial algebra. And as you know, financial literacy is one of the key pieces as part of our credits that students need to have. And we like to make sure that there's a variety of ways that they can get that. Um currently there's financial literacy. A lot of times you can do that through economics, but we're happy to report that they also have expanded to a financial culture. So, while that's not listed in this memo, I can make sure to update it for next week. >> I just kind of want to point out that it says um there's no additional funds that have to be dispersed for this. >> No, this is just expanded. So, we already paid for that for the uh 20 25 26 school year. that was done
086in June, probably June, July when I brought that approval with all those different types of things under curriculum instruction. These are just their expanded course offerings that are not currently approved in the district and so we need to make sure to follow as we would protocol and getting all its courses approved. >> All right. Thank you. Um, grants 316. >> Dr. Mazian, since you wrote, will you prepare? Will you present this one? >> Sure. >> We're doing the 31N. Okay. So, this grant is um to provide students services. Um, and what we use it for is for staffing. it can provide uh funding for additional social work services uh BCBA psychologist etc. We are excited I'm really excited not only about that Medicaid but also about this grant because um we did receive the grant
087and we will be able to keep our additional social worker. So we have an additional social worker that works amongst the three elementaryaries to support Uh, so each of them have their own social worker and this one spends two days at Hoover, two days at United Oaks and one day at web. He works solely with non-special ed students. So he's doing um groups with our students such as anger management or good manners or how to be a good friend. And I have to tell you, the kids love him. they run and cheer when they see him. So, it's really exciting to have a social worker there that's, you know, in and out of the building a little more, but just brings that element of fun and the element of these groups that they can be
088in with their peers. That's really positive. Um, we also use the 31N for BCBA uh at the district level. our board certified behavioral analyst. Um did work in a clinical setting for a very long time. She has lots of experience, but truly she travels around and what she does is she takes um referrals from teachers and social workers and goes in there really digs in and collecting um data for students in making positive behavior support plans that work that are very databased um that are very rich in content and heavy in strategy. and our peer professionals and our teachers, our social workers really do appreciate her um being a part of their team. So, really exciting to get this grant and have those two professionals um back on our team this year, ready to go
089and paid for. So, and that's a repeat from last year. We received this grant after you had already hired the BCBA. So, it helped take care of that cost and then we were able later in the year when they had extra dollars to write for the social worker. Uh what's really excited is we got them both right out the hatch. So a continual savings to the school district because we would not have done that elementary social worker. >> No, otherwise. So um I have to comment. I took the safety and security workshop this weekend and this answers his number one thing was to build connections and relationships with kids is the safest thing you can do. We said you can buy cameras and locks and all sorts of things, but you need to have relationship
090with your students and get to know them and this brings family, parents. Um, so sounds perfect. Sounds very good. And especially if they're excited, you get to have that connection with with the students. So awesome. >> Absolutely. Thanks for giving that. Well, I'm glad that you've prepped us because we will be giving a presentation at some point in time at our new look at uh the safety and security and how the students is around the center and all the supports that we have. So, those are items that we have to protect kids, but it doesn't go away with all the other uh pieces that we have in his park school. So, you don't know who presented, but it sounds great. It >> was a good workshop. Very good. >> The next one is the right.
091>> Yep. Dr. So we had the opportunity to apply for the 35M grant and the 35M grant is one of the grants that is supporting literacy in the state of Michigan. There are actually two, one is 35M and 35N. We also apply for 35N. Cross our fingers, we're going to get that. Um what we wrote for was to provide training and a program called Horton Hillingham that really just supports and continues to build our students foundational literacy skills. So, we wrote that grant around supporting some additional training for our kindergarten and first grade teachers where those are really key skills to build as well as um training and also materials and resources to support the implementation and and Gillingham is often used uh when we're looking at dyslexia and there is a state committee and
092I believe we shared that Dr. Domage is on that and we found out today that Dr. Papazian will also be on that committee for the state. So kudos to the work that we've been doing here in Hazel Park in the science of reading which is what this all leads to. The letters training or Gillingham is what the state and states across the country are leaning into. >> Thank you. How much is this branch? >> Um 288 >> 280 something it is uh 28842. >> Well that was close $4,000. >> Super excited in the morning. >> Yeah. You can't do you can't do enough with literacy. Mark get those kids reading um his community coalition drug-free communities grant. >> I'm going to let uh Dr. Domage I believe she's the vice president of the organization. So
093we are um bringing this forward as year three of the drug-free community grant and that is the grant that supports the Gazel Park community coalition and we first earned that and that's why it says 2023 in the year 2023. So 23 24 25 and we are in year 3 which starts October 1st on their books 2526. Um, you probably don't recall this, so I'm going to remind you when we got that grant, it is a five-year grant. So, we know we will be funded for five years. So, this is just the continuation of it. But in order to have the continuation, we have to submit some pretty significant reporting on the work that's being done. I know Miss Williams came a couple of board meetings ago to talk about the work of the coalition and
094um the coalition's really moved forward and really expanded in a way that it hasn't before. So, we are excited to continue to get this funding because what it allows us to do is not only have the executive director, but we actually have hired for the first time a project coordinator, a very dynamic young college student um whose mission it is to support in a capacity when she graduates much like this. And what they're really focusing on is building the youth action board. And we've already recruited three students at Hazel Park High School to build out that youth action board. And we all know um the message coming from adults is meaningful. The message coming from someone's peers is even more meaningful. So uh excited to get that grant. Excited to continue that powerful work and
095that is also part as Dr. Wilox talked about um the student system support that is part of this whole big picture of the system support that we have in Park. We have questions. Awesome. Thank you. That's great. Is there an opportunity to reapply at the end of 5 years? >> Yes. Okay. >> So, typically most coalitions end up getting the second five years. So, they basically say we will probably get funded for 10 years. >> So, it's less competitive the second round. Okay. That's as long as they continue to fund it. >> Correct. And you know, they talked about pulling funding, but they didn't so far. >> Fantastic. Thank you. >> Uh calendar, yearly calendar. >> We're not we're not ready for that. I apologize. Um I didn't catch that on there. Okay, President, you
096and I need to talk about first. >> I compared it and I thought it says the same thing. So, I thought tonight you were going to make Okay, I thought that was >> correct. >> All right. And I guess the minutes are on here so we know that those minutes are going to come. >> Well, um, uh, Trusty, uh, Fortress pulled them, and I just wanted to find out why so that we can make those corrections to bring them for the committee. Okay. I'll look at them. I'll pull them from my folder from last week and send you an email. >> Thank you. >> Okay. And board goals. We need to set some goals. And this is just just a thought. I um is that first I thought if each of you send me five,
097I'll compile a list, but I'm thinking if each of you send me three, it's goals for us as a board. Um that would be 21. and I'll give you the list and then we can um narrow it down. Generally, they do three, three to five. Um in the past, we did things like community engagement. We went out and had uh listening times with the community. Uh we went out to dinner for uh doing some team building stuff like that. So it could be that we all pledge to take uh one class um or that we pledge to get the first award uh from uh MASB. So if you would just uh send them email them to me and I'll give a list and then we will choose from there cuz this school year's like creeping
098right up here. So >> So is the goal for one year from >> Yes. >> from like September to June? >> Yes. >> Okay. Do you want these by Monday's meeting or is this just a a heads up to get started? >> No, I would like it by Monday. Okay. >> Cuz it's going to be the end of August, right? >> So, September the start. >> Yeah. If you could do it by >> by Monday. >> President Hint, I I remember you were going to try to do some kind of activity to have them so they could pick up before the meeting like with stickers or something along your way. So just hoping that they got to the next meeting earlier. You remember? >> Yeah, let's talk about that. >> Yeah. Okay. Uh the next
099thing uh the negotiation committee now I've not paid a lot of attention to that over time. Um I think we just have one person. You would know Dr. Wilcox. I know we had Laura, we had Rick Naggie. Um I don't know if it was presidents or if it can be any one of us or more than one. >> I believe that we had two uh to three. At one point we had three um cuz it was separate committee um because it was personnel. So you can have anywhere from one to three people joining in on that. We have negotiations with the secretaries coming up uh right around the corner maybe next week. And then we also have GSRP we'll have negotiations with. And then we'll also have central office staff that you'll have negotiations with.
100Then of course in January we'll start all over again with the other units that we haven't um I think it's the end of almost everybody's contract. Yeah. >> Okay. Um I'm just going to continue with the other committee and and the um policy committee. So the other one is the discipline committee and I think Monaco's on that with um uh Don Rice. So it was two people and policy called for that. Correct. >> Yes. Sure. So, I was just going to say if somebody else does want to do policy since I did say I would um I would like to see discipline. >> It's easy for me during the day if like things are pulled in. I know a lot of people work and can't get out. So, I wouldn't mind seeing on that one.
101>> Are you up to policy then? That would be nice because you know how it works. The discipline committee um if you remember uh sits down and works with the students as they return from potential expulsion, makes recommendations to the board and then we also tend to have them meet with those children on a regular basis just to it's really a meaningful committee about getting students back into the school and doing what needs to be done. So um it's pretty fantastic way to be with kids. >> Okay. And then negotiations. Is anybody interested in the negotiation committee? Um, I will do it. >> Madam President, I would do it. >> I would too if you guys want to. >> If nobody else wants to. >> You can have three if you choose. You can have
102three if you choose. One to three. Just no more than three. >> I'm going to do three and then if somebody can't make it, we're good. >> All right. Darren, Monica, and discipline Monica. Um, do we want to do policy? Do we want to go by his recommendations since he's experienced with three or do you want to do seven? >> I think three would be I think I'm I think three would be best. I think it might logistically be diffic. >> Sorry. I think three would be best. Uh I think just logistically it would might be difficult with seven. I agree with Nathan. >> I would love to be on policy committee because that'll force me to study them. >> So, um, what I liked what he said, I mean, we have two opportunities to
103add to it or change it because it comes at the board and we can do that here. So, um, April reached out earlier and, um, Heidi, we're not going to, uh, let's see. Debbie Nate would um I still need a disciplined person. >> I would help with the discipline if nobody else wants to do the group. >> What do you want? >> Well, I mean I'm I'm open so you can just throw me wherever. >> It sounds like discipline may happen a lot more during the day. It sounds like so that would be difficult for me. >> Yes, for sure it happens during the day with kids. >> Yeah, that that would be difficult. I'd be up for policy. >> Senator Ray Doug um April Lady and Nate. >> Yeah, but I can't guard discipline
104either. >> Could you do negotiation and then have Darren not do negotiations? >> Is negotiation done? >> You want to be alternate? Yes, negotiating is is um >> could could we do an alternate for policy because you know people do get busy and can't make it or he's going to give us dates then we'd be >> um can we ask him that question when we speak to him on Wednesday only because I don't know how he does it. I would say if we do a section at a time it would be able to do it that way but I'm not sure how he's presenting it to us. So if you're there and then you're doing it and then you haven't seen them yet that might be difficult. >> Okay. And you guys can use any
105verb you want. I don't It's It be okay. >> I be on discipline and negotiations. >> Okay, then I get it easy. >> Then you what? >> I get it easy. I don't have to do any of those. >> You're going to be alternate. >> I see what you did. You're going to be >> Let's see that circle. You >> tell me what it is again. What's the decision? >> We will be somewhere for which one? >> Negotiation and discipline. on negotiation Darren, Monica and me and disciplines Monica and Darren. >> Thank you. >> Okay. All right. Is there any other business? Anything public comment? >> Uh just if I could um we didn't put it on here, but one I wanted to clarify some conversations about free and reduce. C is still uh very
106much a thing and when parents are enrolling it's important that you fill out the free and reduced form and not only because it continues our C qualification which means free lunch no matter what. It's a federal program but it also helps us provide our 31a dollars and our census for risk. And so inside when you're registering there's a form for that. We ask that you fill that out. That's really important. If it's not filled out, we're going to be having our secretaries call because we don't want to lose leave a dollar on the table for us. Um I was on a K12 call today. Uh K12 is the alliance with the um different counties and um I would look out for media releases tomorrow regarding the budget from uh educators everywhere. Um can't really say
107much other than that, but the budget is still not um there's not talks happening about the budget and there needs to be. Um and I met with Mike McFall on Friday who kind of confirmed the same thing. Uh, so we're going to need to put pressure. I'll send you a letter tomorrow that maybe you can send out as well, but we need to let them know that we want to budget for our kids. Figure out somewhere else with the roads. Don't take from our budget. So, um, that and then we have about 3,14 students today. Now, there's ins and outs that are constantly happening. We have something called an enrollment school. So parents, if you think you're enrolled, but you've never brought up your birth certificate and you're brand new to the district or you're
108a kindergarten parent, you do have to bring up your birth certificate and other information to the district office. We will be open from 8 to 3 where you can come on up and we can help you enroll. Um, but it's really important because when that day comes and it's time for you to get a class, you will not be assigned if you've not completed your enrollment. Also, um Monday, uh well, today's committee the whole tomorrow is the Hazel Park Junior High schedule pickup from 8 to 11:00. Wednesday is the junior high pickup from 11 to 3. So, there's a little bit for everybody that can kind of work in your schedule. Thursday is Hazel Park Viking Day. Freshman are 8:30 to 10. Sophomores are 10 to 11:30. Juniors are 12:30 to 2, and seniors are
1092 to 3:30. And then Thursday is our new staff academy from 8 to 2. And then, guess what? Teachers are back on Monday. Students are back on Wednesday. It's important to get here the very first day. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Mrs. Hind. >> Yep. You're welcome. So, um for public comment, we have Kayn McInness. This is three minutes this time. Kayn Megan, 1337 East Granite. I would also like to state for the record, we did not take the picture that was circulating online. There was some speculation that it was us. It was indeed not. We were already on our way up north when the picture was taken. Just wanted to clear that up for the viewers. I'm thankful for the person who took it. It makes a lot of sense now. Have a fabulous
110evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, >> Gary Harrison, I just want to uh reiterate um I'm willing to um coach the kids. I don't care what level it is. I don't want to be an assistant coach to nobody. Um I'll do what it takes to help. You know, there's a lot of stuff going on at Hazel Park. I talked to Amy Krooppy, Miss Krooppy. I take highlight Amy. A lot of people say this about it. Amy, when I coached at the youth program, I call Amy in the middle of the night. It hap she made it happen. So, if you guys can if you guys are willing to I'll coach the I'll coach the high school team. You want me to coach the high school team? I'll be the head coach of the high school
111team. I My credentials are second to none. You can run that across. He's a park all the way through Michigan. All state wrestler, Olympic wrestler, you know, took second in uh high school nationals. I'm, you know, I'm willing to give back. You guys just got to be a little um how do I say it? Like let's let's work together. Miss Hayden, I remember Miss Hidden when I went to high school. great woman. Like I love that uh story you had about relationships. I'll never forget you, Miss Hayden. I'll call like I have to call home or whatever. She was always willing to help. Always help kids. I don't know if you guys want to make this happen. Uh like I said, I I'll be the varsity coach. You want to be My credentials are second
112to none. MMA wrestling is not the same as uh high school wrestling, college wrestling, Olympic wrestling. I know you don't you have to pay me. You don't pay me. I'll get I'll give it back to the kids. This is about the kids. Thank you, >> Donald McInness. >> Don McGinness 1337 credit. Again, I wanted to bring up how many times the retaliation is real. How many times that I have brought it up to not even to the ads, multiple ads, to the superintendent, to the board for years now. These same issues. We had special meetings. We had all that. We went around the table. You guys have certain people have promised certain things. They have lied to me. I have voice recordings. I have text messages. I have emails. I have all this proof and
113I understand that you guys say, "Oh, it's just Don McInness." You have to remember I've been in the district my whole life. I have never left Hazel Park. So, when have you heard my name? Just recently of these issues. It's not like I've been bringing it up and I'm a whistleblower for 10 years. No, these are the facts. This is what's going on in your guys' school. This is what you guys are allowing. You guys are allowing staff members that are not qualified in positions. You guys are allowing the click to happen. You guys are allowing the bullying that is happening. And that is all true. I know it's true because I'm firsthand right here telling you it's happening. And you guys might be mad and it is getting a little ugly. I agree. I
114agree. But why is it why did it get this far? What didn't somebody do to make it get this far? Ask the question, did they really do their job the right way all the way up? Did they did they do what they were supposed to do? Because I'll tell you right now, I've been in multiple meetings with multiple people saying that I can have use the weight room saying and then they turn around and say I can't use it. I even had HR in that conversation saying why why why and those things still never happen. the facility use. The thing you guys hurt this year's wrestling program, not just by hiring a new coach, by not allowing the open mats, not allowing the right camps, not allowing what these kids deserve. I shouldn't have to
115ask a hundred times to get a trophy on the wall, a plaque on hanging back up, a banner, a sticker that's three years old that we achieved three years ago now that's not on the wall. You guys need to do better. Thank you. >> All right. Um board members have any comments, announcements? >> Um Amy devotes to mine for scheduling this week, but um I do want to thank um a few of our staff members who jumped into action right away with our student athlete. Um, I'm sure it was scary, but I thank you guys for being there and being at the hospital and being supportive for them. Um, I love that you guys come coffee donuts today to the fire department. That was awesome. Um, I did want to thank all of our, especially
1162026 parent volunteers. I had a parent reach out to me from a different district and said how jealous she is that our parents are literally kicking butt at fundraising to make sure that these seniors have a great time. Um, we even did that Royal Oak Fest and this parent actually goes to Royal Oak and it's like we don't even do that and that's our city, you know. So, um, kudos to them for just going outside the box and pushing hard to make sure that they are going to give these seniors what they deserve. And then I just want to say congrats to all the athletes that tried out this past week. I know tryyouts were for multiple fall sports and I'm very excited for um, all the fall sports come. I just want to um
117briefly Evan and I went to Lancing and um if you ever get a chance to go and take those classes, I they're so beneficial. I learned so much. Every time I go, I come back renewed and excited to to move forward. Um I took a really cool class on advocacy and they had us they gave us a topic of um that's currently a law. We and they told us we had to support support it or oppose it. We had to come up with our reasoning and then we sat in front of a panel very um and the panel was the other people in the class but I was still nervous um and and I'm particularly interested in advocacy so that was fun. A lot of case studies lot of things that you hear and you
118learn and um every opportunity you get to and education I told somebody um education is never a waste. So, and that's how I personally feel. So, anybody who has the opportunity to go take classes should anyone else? >> Um, yes. A couple things. Thank you to Monica Gregory for our contract books. I'm so excited when I saw that email and I'm so excited to be able to s sit down and actually look at it. Um, I asked I sent an email to Dr. Kubby regarding first aid kits. I was hoping to see that in her weekly notes and it was not there. Just if we could have a followup next week on where we stand on those, if we provide them to the coaches. Um, is every sport does every sport had them? And has
119the swim coach received one back since wrestling use theirs? Um, also our staff is allowed to take vacation whenever they so choose. So whether it be summer, Christmas, winter, whatever, if it's approved by their manager, which I'm sure this employee did, have it approved. Um, for public people in public to say things that unrealistic, it just blows my mind sometimes. But I do appreciate public comment and wish people would come up more. So leave it at that. Thank you. You anyone else? >> I just want to add to our schedule um that for our newest students, our newest learners that there is also an opportunity this week Thursday for um young fibers and kindergarters to come and meet their teachers in their classroom. Um no schedule to pick up cuz you know they just they're
120just there. Um, but stop in with your school supplies, meet your teachers, um, get to walk the hallways of the schools so that you have an opportunity to know what your babies are going into before they start. >> Mr. Fox, Mr. Becker, >> I have nothing this evening. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Me neither. >> Okay. Um, so exciting. Next week, >> next week is school. And >> huddle the huddle. Good. >> Oh, yeah. Hometown. >> She said, "Oh yeah, the hometown." You got >> um I would like to request a close session on my 948A complaint. >> Just a moment. >> Run the kids. You got Now, one thing has been said about this program. You got run around. Keep running around. Run around the kids. Terrible. >> Close session on Monday, please. a
121complaint against an employee and I I'll talk to talk to you after. Stupid fly. Um I thought it was a pretty good meeting tonight. We accomplished a lot. I'm sorry that Mr. Harrison feels that way. Um it's difficult and we're working on it. Um we are listening. It says we are listening and we are listening. Um so make a motion to adjurnn. Make a motion to adjurnn. Support. Support.